Book ID: CBB345457063

Painting by Numbers: The Life and Art of Ferdinand Bauer (2018)

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Mabberley, David J. (Author)


University of New South Wales Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 272 pp.
Language: English

Ferdinand Bauer is seen by many as the greatest natural history painter of all time. Hand-picked by Joseph Banks, in 1801-1805 Bauer accompanied Matthew Flinders during his circumnavigation of Australia, and lived in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Already celebrated in Europe for the precision and beauty of his paintings, Bauer perfected the technique of sketching and color-coding in the field, and then coloring later — painting by numbers. This fascinating new study of Bauer’s work includes reproductions of never-before-published works from collections in Europe and Australia. Written by one of the world’s foremost botanical scholars, Painting by Numbers reveals Bauer’s innovative color-coding technique for the first time.

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Authors & Contributors
Bleichmar, Daniela
Dickenson, Victoria J. V.
Attenborough, David
Guilherme S. T. Garbino
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Carla Cristina de Aquino
Concepts
Scientific illustration
Natural history
Painters and painting
Scientific expeditions
Visual representation; visual communication
Botany
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Early modern
20th century, early
16th century
Places
South Carolina (U.S.)
England
Colombia
Australia
North Carolina (U.S.)
Bahamas
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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